Tag-clip.



No. 741,509. PATENTEDIOGT. 13, 1903. I

F. E. LADD. r

TAG GLIP.

' APPLICATION FILED 00T.16. 1902 N0 MODEL.

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UNITED STAT S Patented October 13, 1903.

FRANK E. LADD, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

TAG-C LIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 741,509, dated October 13, 1903.

Application filed October 16, 1902. Serial No- 127,4.63. (No model.)

To will whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK E. LADD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Tag-Clip, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in clips adapted to be used in connection with hooks for supporting watches, garments, and other articles to which tags, checks, or tickets are attached; and it consists of a pair of jaws designed to be held against a wall or other support by means of an ordinary hook screwed into said wall or support, as hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of my improvement is to combine with a hook upon which watches, 850., may be hung a clip adapted to hold the tag attached to the watch or otherarticle in a convenient manner to enable the written or printed matter thereon to be easily read without handling said tag and'arranged so that the latter will become detached when the article is removed from the hook, such detachment taking place without handling. A further object is to furnish such a device which is simple and inexpensive. I attain theseobjects by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front view of my invention, showing a watch hung upon the hook and a tag held by the clip; Fig. 2, a side view of the hook and attached clip; Fig. 3, a top view of hook and clip; Fig. 4, a front view of the.

clip detached, and Fig. 5 a top view showing a slightly-modified form of clip.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

My improved clip is intended to be used in combination with any ordinary hook which is capable of being screwed or driven into a suitable support, and such a hook is shown and One end of the hook ais screw-threaded; but it is obvious that the threads might be omitted and the hook pointed to enable it to be driven into place. The usual flange b is found on the hook in front of the threaded portion thereof.

The clip 0 consists of a member preferably bent upon itself at d and having resilient arms or jaws e and f. The jaws andf may be made to assume various shapes, but should be so formed that at least two adjacent points on their interior faces come into contiguity when the clip is secured in position. The clip position at will by placing it as desired before seating the hook with its flange against said clip.

' In practice a watch, for example, having a tag 72. attachedby a string 2' to its ring j is suspended by said ring from the hook a, and said tag has one end forced between the jaws of the clip 0, by which it is retained in a convenient position for inspection. When the ringj is removed from the hook, the string '5 draws the tag hfrom between the jaws of the clip, thus avoiding handling said tag.

Although this invention is particularly useful in connection with watches, it is equally well adapted for use in connection with garments or other articles having tags loosely attached thereto.

A clip 0 is shown in Fig. 5, which differs from the clip 0 only inasmuch that it is made in two pieces instead of consisting of a single bent piece. The clip 0 is, however, deemed to be the better of the two.

As before intimated, I do not wish to be confined to any particular style of hook, and the clip may be varied more or less, as already suggested.

What I'claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As a new article of manufacture, a tagclip comprising a member'bent upon and into contact withitself for a portion of its length and forming two resilient normally contacting jaws, the terminal having the said bend being fiat and perforated and the jaw members being permanently separated between contacting points and flaring at their free ends.

2. The combination with a hook provided with a flange and adapted to be affixed to a support, of a tag-clip comprising a member bent upon itself to form normally contacting separable jaws and perforated to receive said hook, the jaw members being permanently in contact with each other adjacent the hookflange.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK E. LADD.

Witnesses:

ALLEN WEBSTER, FRANK A. CUTTER. 

